The Shanklin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,804 people carried this name — #8,645 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 77,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,758 in 2000.

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In print

Shanklin in American newspapers,
1905–1911.

Newspaper page from The Mirror And Farmer carrying the name Shanklin
The Mirror And Farmer 1905-05-25
Newspaper page from The Mirror And Farmer carrying the name Shanklin
The Mirror And Farmer 1905-06-22
Newspaper page from The Caldwell Watchman carrying the name Shanklin
The Caldwell Watchman 1911-07-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Shanklin in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1950s.

1,428 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shanklin. The most, 390, date from the 1870s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 929
New South Wales 256
Queensland 153
South Australia 44
Tasmania 33
Western Australia 11
ACT (Canberra) 1
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shanklin.

Who carried it

People named Shanklin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George S. Shanklin
    George S. Shanklin 1807–1883 · lawyer
  • George Shanklin 1896–1956 · sheep farmer
  • Chuck Shanklin 1921–2006 · basketball player
  • Eugenia Shanklin 1939–2007 · anthropologist
  • Ray Shanklin 1947–2015 · composer
  • Ronnie Shanklin 1948–2003 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Shanklin,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States266 records

266 records of the Shanklin name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 146
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 69
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 22
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Herbert N. Shanklin

    Born 1922 in Missouri. Enlisted 1943 at Jefferson Barracks; route man from St Louis City. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Robert Shanklin

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the City of Chicago from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 20; laborer. From Donegal, Ireland; bound for Illinois.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record John W. Shanklin

    Born 1931; from Montgomery County, Indiana. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 266 records for Shanklin in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia54 records

54 records of the Shanklin name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 18
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 14
  • Tasmanian Names Index 12
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 7
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Louisa M. Shanklin

    Gentlewoman of Nth Brighton, Victoria; died 1937.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thomas Shanklin

    Arrived in Tasmania in 1842 aboard the Bolivar from London.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Robert George Shanklin

    Selected land at Normanton, Queensland in 1888.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 54 records for Shanklin in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Shanklin name in Canada Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Isobel Maud Shanklin

    Died 1943; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Robert George Shanklin

    Died 1917; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Shanklin name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record E. J. Shanklin

    Hussars. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1919.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Shanklin name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Laura Shanklin

    In the population register of Utrecht; born in Liverpool.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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